| Terms of Work for Composition: A Materialist Critique Contributor(s): Horner, Bruce (Author), Trimbur, John (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0791445666 ISBN-13: 9780791445662 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $35.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2000 Annotation: In this book, Bruce Horner provides a cultural materialist critique of discourse on work in composition. Each chapter traces the ways in which one of the defining terms of composition -- work, students, politics, academic, traditional, and writing -- operates as a site for competing constructions of composition's identity. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Writing - General |
| Dewey: 808.042 |
| LCCN: 99040966 |
| Physical Information: 0.73" H x 5.91" W x 8.95" (0.98 lbs) 334 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Winner of the 2001 W. Ross Winterowd Award Best book in composition theory presented by JAC and the Association of Teachers of Advanced Composition In this book, Bruce Horner provides a cultural materialist critique of discourse on work in composition. Each chapter traces the ways in which one of the defining terms of composition--work, students, politics, academic, traditional, and writing--operates as a site for competing constructions of composition's identity. |
